This page documents the release names for current and previous releases of Fedora. In much older releases the name was decided by a small group of people internal to Red Hat, but has become a community process in later releases.

This page documents the release names for current and previous releases of Fedora. In much older releases the name was decided by a small group of people internal to Red Hat, but has become a community process in later releases.

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== Release name history ==

== Release name history ==

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=== Fedora 19 (Schrödinger's Cat) ===

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* Schrödinger's cat corresponds to a theoretical thought experiment.

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat

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=== Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) ===

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* Spherical Cow is something that has never been observed, and may also therefore be considered as a theoretical thought experiment.

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow

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=== Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle) ===

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* Beefy Miracle is a name that was suggested for Fedora 16 (like Verne), and is also something that has never been observed.

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* http://beefymiracle.org/history.html

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=== Fedora 16 (Verne) ===

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* James Lovelock is a futurologist, and so was Jules Verne

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

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=== Fedora 15 (Lovelock) ===

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* Laughlin is a city in the state of Nevada (United States), and so is Lovelock.

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovelock,_Nevada

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=== Fedora 14 (Laughlin) ===

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* Robert H. Goddard was a professor of physics, and so was Robert Laughlin.

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Laughlin

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=== Fedora 13 (Goddard) ===

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* Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский (Konstantin/Constantine Tsiolkovsky) was a rocket scientist, and so was Robert Goddard.

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky

=== Fedora 12 (Constantine) ===

=== Fedora 12 (Constantine) ===

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* Constantine is the name of Township in St. Joseph County, Michigan in the United States. There are several others listed at

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* Constantine is the name of Township in St. Joseph County, Michigan in the United States, as well as a name of a bay in the United Kingdom.

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine,_Michigan

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* There are several other connections listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine

=== Fedora 11 (Leonidas) ===

=== Fedora 11 (Leonidas) ===

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* Leonidas was a ship in the United States Navy.

* Leonidas was a ship in the United States Navy.

* http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/ad7.htm

* http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/ad7.htm

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* Leonidas is also the name of a king.

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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I

=== Fedora 10 (Cambridge) ===

=== Fedora 10 (Cambridge) ===

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* Andre Stentz is a French winery. As such, both Heidelberg and Stentz are distributors of alcoholic beverages.

* Andre Stentz is a French winery. As such, both Heidelberg and Stentz are distributors of alcoholic beverages.

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* http://perso.orange.fr/andre.stentz/

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* http://www.andre-stentz.fr/

=== Fedora Core 3 (Heidelberg) ===

=== Fedora Core 3 (Heidelberg) ===

Revision as of 04:17, 16 January 2013

This page documents the release names for current and previous releases of Fedora. In much older releases the name was decided by a small group of people internal to Red Hat, but has become a community process in later releases.

Release name relationships

Name n and n+1 must share an is-a (not a has-a) relationship, but n and n+2 must not share the same is-a relationship as n and n+1. The release names we put up for vote tend to have multiple meanings so as to allow us to select a new name with a different relationship for the next release. It is part of the fun!